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Women & Other Humans: United We Stand

February 28, 2017

About a month ago there was a big demonstration, which you may have heard of or attended. The Women’s March was originally focused on Washington, D.C. in defense of women’s rights, human rights, and press freedom, the day after our 45th President’s inauguration. In the end, protest rallies were held in over 30 countries around the world and all seven continents in solidarity.

Washington, D.C.

People gathered in the streets of places as far away as Rio, Oslo, and Paris.

Demonstrators carry placards during a rally in solidarity with supporters of the Women’s March in Washington and many other cities on January 21, 2017 at the Place de Trocadero in Paris, one day after the inauguration of the US President Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERGERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters gather for the Women’s March in Oslo, Norway, January 21, 2017. The march is being held in solidarity with similar events taking place internationaly. NTB Scanpix/Stian Lysberg Solum via REUTERS

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [photograph: Julie Oxendale]

There was even a march to represent the continent of Antarctica, although for ecological reasons, the marchers stayed on board their ship.

[photograph: Linda Zunas, from Twitter]

Women, as you know, have been around for a long time. And yet for reasons that baffle many of us, they are still not treated the same way other people are treated, notably in the realms of equal pay, sovereignty over their bodies, physical and mental safety, and ordinary self-determination. Most countries in the 21st century still oppress women.

People in the United States have worked for long years to better the conditions for women through laws, programs, and institutions that the 45th President says he is going to immediately dismantle. More events are planned to bring public and political attention to the issue of finally attaining equality for women and all other oppressed peoples. Keep your eyes peeled for notice of coming actions, and join up if you’d like. All genders, races, ages, persuasions, abilities, religious affiliations, countries-of-origin, shapes, and sizes welcome. The pink hats are not mandatory.